In Re-Inhuman Conditions In 1382 Prisons vs. Director General Of Prisons And Correctional Services

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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IA 36553/2024, IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 406/2013

IN RE : INHUMAN CONDITIONS IN 1382 PRISONS

[MR. GAURAV AGRAWAL, ADVOCATE IS AMICUS CURIAE.]

(IA No. 36553/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

Date: 16-02-2024 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH

Counsel for the parties :

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Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Sr. Adv. (A.C.)

West Bengal - R28

Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR

Andhra Pradesh - R1

Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. KV Girish Chowdary, Adv. Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Meeran Magbool, Adv. Ms. Archita Nigam, Adv.

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		Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
		Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv.
		Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.

Arunachal Pradesh -R3 Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Bihar -R4 Mr. Devashish Bharuka, AOR Chhatisgarh - R5 Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Aditya Bhanu Neekhra, Adv. Mr. Aniket Patel, Adv. Gujarat - R6 Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Goa - R7 Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Mr. Anand Murthi Rao, Adv. Haryana - R8 Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Jammu and Kashmir – R9 Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Himachal Pradesh – R10 Ms. Inderdeep Kaur Raina, Adv. Mr. Rishi Malhotra, AOR Jharkhand - R11 Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Sr. Adv., A.A.G. Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR Karnataka - R12 Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Kerala - R13 Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR

Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Madhya Pradesh – R14 Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, D.A.G. Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Ms. Abha R. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashish Rawat, Adv. Maharashtra - R15 Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Manipur - R16 Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Meghalalya - R17 Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv. Mr. Ashish Ranjan, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mizoram - R18 Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Nagaland - R19 Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Odisha - R20 Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Ms. Radhika Mohapatra, Adv. Mr. Shaileshwar Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Bhoomika Chouksey, Adv. Punjab - R21 Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Mr. Mohit Siwach, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Princy Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Urvashi Kashiwal, Adv. Rajasthan - R22 Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Sikkim - R23 Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Tamil Nadu - R24 Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. V Keerthana, Adv. Mr. Aman Prasad, Adv. Uttarakhand - R26 Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Richa Mishra, Adv. Mr. Chirag Sharma, Adv. Ms. Harshita Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Ishita Singh, Adv. Uttar Pradesh - R27 Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Andaman & Nicobar Islands and NCT of Delhi - Rs 29 & 33 Mrs. Aishwariya Bahti, A.S.G. Mr. R. Balasubramanium, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mrs. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mrs. Shagun Thakur, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Vineet Singh, Adv. Telangana – R36 Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR For Intervener(s) Ministry of Women & Child Development in (IA 7/2017) Mrs. Aishwariya Bahti, A.S.G. Mrs. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv. Ms. Ameyvikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Impleader Mrs. Aishwariya Bahti, A.S.G. Dr. Reeta Vasishta, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Adv. Mr. B K Satija, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Ms. Ekta Bharati, Adv. For Intervener(s) Common Wealth Human Rights Initiative (IA 2/2016) Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR For applicant in IA 105821/2018 and IA No.6485/2019

Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, AOR Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Kritika Grover, Adv. Mr. Rajat Mohan Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Raj, Adv. Mr. Jaskirat Singh, Adv.

For National Forum for Prison Reform (Intervenor in IA 6/2016) Mr. Durgesh Ramchandra Gupta, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the court made the following O R D E R

IA No. 36553/2024

1. This application has been moved by learned Amicus Curiae praying inter alia that besides the members identified by this Court to be part of a Committee in each State Government/Union Territory in terms of para 7 of the order passed on 30th January,2024, the senior most lady judicial officer in the District may also be included as a part of the Committee to give a fair assessment of the available security measures/hygiene measures/health care infrastructure/welfare of women prisoners/facilities for children lodged with their mothers in jails/barracks in each district. The said Committee may also include the Superintendent of Women Jails/women barracks, wherever possible.

2. Issue notice.

3. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Additional Solicitor General for the Central Government and learned counsel of all the State Governments/Union Territories accept notice.

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4. The prayer made as above is allowed.

5. All the State Governments/Union Territories are directed to bring this order to the notice of the Committee directed to be constituted in terms of the last order passed by this Court so as to expand the scope of the steps required to be taken for setting up new jails/expand the existing facilities in jails so that the aspects particularly relating to women who are lodged in jail can be addressed holistically.

6. The date already fixed for receiving the status reports is maintained for the inputs from each State Governments/Union Territories.

7. List on 09th April, 2024 at 2.30 p.m.

(Geeta Ahuja) (Nand Kishor) Assistant Registrar-cum-PS Court Master (NSH)